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All your protection under one roof.

©1997 American Family Mutual Insurance Company and its SubsidiariesHome Office – Madison, WI 53783

www.amfam.comNA-07497 Rev. 1/03

Larry E Stiltner Agency481 Hwy 105 Suite 212(719) 481-8382 BusMonument, CO 80132

All your protection under one roof.

©1997 American Family Mutual Insurance Company and its SubsidiariesHome Office – Madison, WI 53783

www.amfam.comNA-07497 Rev. 1/03

Larry E Stiltner Agency481 Hwy 105 Suite 212(719) 481-8382 BusMonument, CO 80132

All your protection under one roof.

©1997 American Family Mutual Insurance Company and its SubsidiariesHome Office – Madison, WI 53783

www.amfam.comNA-07497 Rev. 1/03

Larry E Stiltner Agency481 Hwy 105 Suite 212(719) 481-8382 BusMonument, CO 80132

719-488-1400www.monumentcoins.com

[email protected] the MONTEVERDE Center

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Bring this ad to receive an Extra 5% when we buy your Gold

NOW OPEN

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WE BUY GOLD!GET 40% OR MORE IN CA$H FOR

YOUR UNWANTED GOLD!

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by Deborah Stumpf

WEEKLY MAGAZINE

Sleep... Continued on Page 2

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“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” -Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Edison said, “Sleep is an acquired habit. Cells don’t sleep. Fish swim in the wa-ter all night. Even a horse doesn’t sleep. A man

doesn’t need any sleep.” Science fi ction writer Isaac Asimov agreed: “I never use an alarm clock. I can hardly wait until 5 a.m. In the Army, I always woke before reveille. I hate sleeping. It wastes time.”

Humans spend about one-third of their life sleeping, and the experts would challenge Edison and Asimov by touting the benefi ts of eight hours of sleep a night. Performing at one’s best and maintaining good health are two benefi ts. Sleep deprivation can lead to poor work habits, chronic diseases like diabetes and obesity, a weakened immune system, depression, cardiovascular disease and premature aging.

Despite the warnings, Americans still don’t get enough sleep. Work, family, stress, sleep disorders are a few fac-tors that prevent people from that eight hours of shut eye. And as the holidays approach, Mr. Sandman loses big time to Santa.

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But some people have said sleep is over-rated; they can live productively on less than eight hours. Studies also have shown that people who sleep between six and a half and seven and a half hours a night live the longest. People who slept less than six hours a night or more than eight didn’t live as long as the fi rst group.

The truth is there are all kinds of variables that defi ne human sleep habits.

THE AGE FACTOROn average, adults age 25 to 55 should get eight hours of sleep every night. Some studies have shown that older adults need less sleep – about six hours. But others ar-gue that seniors need eight hours but their sleep is frequently interrupted. Babies sleep about 16 hours a day.

Sleep is especially vital in reference to ad-olescents and teenagers.

There is a reason it takes a bullhorn and a bulldozer to get a teenager out of bed in the morning.

Studies have proven that the biological clocks of teenagers keep them awake later at night and sleeping later in the morning. Teenagers need about 10 hours of sleep per night, and the effects of not getting enough sleep are much more dramatic in teens than adults. It’s why many sleep experts believe that school class start times of 7 or 7:30 a.m. are insuffi cient and even abusive.

In the late 1990s, schools in Minneapolis changed start times from 7:15 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. because of recommendations from sleep experts. The University of Minnesota then studied the impact the change had on academic performance and behavior, and the results were signifi cant. Later start times –

• Attendance improved, and there was less tardiness.

• Students ate breakfast more frequently.

• Teachers discovered a calmer atmosphere in the hallways and cafeteria.

• There were fewer trips to the principal for disciplinary reasons.

• Relationships among teenagers were bet-ter.

• Parents also noted that their teenagers were easier to live with.

And a happy teenager could mean more sleep for the adults in the household.

MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWLNeuroscientists have found major differ-ences in the brains of early risers or night owls. Participants in a study were grouped in either category based on a questionnaire about their habits.

Magnetic resonance imaging-guided brain stimulation was used to test muscle torque and the excitability of pathways through the spinal cord and brain. The brains of the morning people were most excitable at 9 a.m., and the excitability factor decreased throughout the day. The brains of the night owls were most excitable at 9 p.m. Evening people also became physically stronger throughout the day, while morning people didn’t change.

SLEEP DISORDERSSleep is compromised at certain times of life: parenting an infant (or a teenage driv-er), menopause, old age, etc. Sleep disor-ders on the other hand can be chronic.

Insomnia is the inability to fall asleep or stay asleep, often resulting in impaired functioning during the day. Fifty-percent of adults and older people complain of chronic insomnia symptoms.

Narcolepsy is excessive sleepiness during the day, causing “sleep attacks.”

Restless Legs Syndrome is what the Centers for Disease Control likened to a “creeping” sensation, which is associated with nighttime aches and pains throughout the legs.

Sleep apnea is common. While sleeping,

people with sleep apnea experience pauses in breathing or shallow breaths. The pauses can last a few seconds to minutes and oc-cur fi ve to 30 times or more an hour. When normal breathing starts again, it can be accompanied by loud snoring or choking sounds. Sleep apnea is one of the leading causes of excessive daytime sleepiness.

The most common type of sleep apnea is obstructive sleep apnea, where the airway has collapsed or is blocked during sleep, causing the pauses or shallow breathing. Air that is trying to squeeze past the block-age can cause loud snoring. It’s most com-mon in people who are overweight.

New studies have found that sleep apnea can cause defects in the brain’s gray mat-ter, which creates problems with cognitive functions like attention and memory. The brain changes are thought to be caused by intermittent oxygen deprivation.

DRIVING WHILE DROWSYThe National Highway Traffi c Safety Ad-ministration reports that driving while sleepy has resulted in about 1,550 deaths, 71,000 injuries and more than 100,000 ac-cidents each year.

The AAA Foundation for Traffi c Safety did analyzed accidents caused by drowsy driv-ers and found that younger drivers between 16 and 24 years of age were twice as likely to be involved in a drowsy driving accident as drivers age 40 to 59. Fifty-seven per-

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cent of sleepiness-related crashes occurred when the driver drifted into another lane or off the road.

THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHTScientists have found that mammals and humans have a common denomina-tor when they sleep: Both have REM or rapid eye movement sleep, which is as-sociated with dreams. Humans and ani-mals display the same level of brain ac-tivity and increased heart rate variability during REM sleep. Dogs often bark or twitch during REM sleep.

Rats have similar sleep needs to humans. They require rest to be alert to dodge hu-mans and cats.

Giraffes can go without sleep for weeks; brown bats sleep the entire day. The golden dormouse balances itself on the branch of a tree to sleep – and any quiver of the twig awakens the dormouse.

Smaller animals require more sleep than larger animals. Animals that sleep less than four hours average are large land mammals like the elephant and the cow.

Horses stand 98 percent of the time while they sleep.

Some birds sleep with one eye open to sense predators.

Mammals, too, factor in danger when they sleep. The African Papio baboon sleeps on its heels in the tops of trees to avoid predators – talk about sleep depri-vation.

In marine mammals, one hemisphere of their brain is always awake, which means that dolphins swim and surface to breath while they’re sleeping.

MORE SLEEP SNIPPETZ• The record for the longest period with-out sleep is 18 days, 21 hours and 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The person holding the record reported hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech and memory and concen-tration lapses.

• Parents typically lose 400 to 750 hours of sleep during a newborn’s fi rst year.

• British Ministry of Defense research-ers have used optical fi bers embedded in spectacles that project a ring of bright, white light around the retinas of the sol-diers to reset the soldiers’ body clocks so they can go without sleep for up to 36 hours.

• Experts have said that one of the big-gest reasons for sleep distractions is the 24-hour accessibility of the Internet.

• If it takes anything less than fi ve min-utes to fall asleep at night, it means you’re sleep deprived. The ideal falling asleep time is between 10 and 15 minutes.

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• Snakes are sometimes born with two heads, but they don’t survive long. It seems the heads fi ght each other for food.

• Pregnant women might be par-ticularly interested in the follow-ing: The animal that is pregnant the longest is the African elephant, with an average gestation period of 660 days (though some pregnancies can last up to 100 days longer). The record for shortest gestation period is held jointly by three marsupials, including the American opossum,

which remain pregnant for only 12 to 13 days. • During this season of excess, it might be worthwhile to remem-ber that the typical holiday meal contains more than 3,000 calories. It also might be worthwhile to re-member that the suggested daily in-take of calories for men is 2,500; for women it’s 2,000. • Americans’ collective annual tab for dry-cleaning services comes to approximately $8 billion. • If you’re an arachnophobe, you might not want to read the following snippet of information: Scientists in Madagascar recently discovered a new species of bark spider that spins webs over rivers and other bodies of water. What makes these webs noteworthy is that they are the largest ever recorded, measuring up to 82 feet across. • Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, let his horse graze on the lawn of the White House.

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ADDRESS B/B/G YR BLT

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PRICE

DATE

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1293 Walters PT 2,2,2 2008 1,396 1,396 $179,000 $158,500 10/26/2010 73

1304 Yellow Granite DR 3,3,2 2005 1,534 1,534 $189,900 $189,900 10/29/2010 5

4665 Sandstone RD 3,3,1 1980 3,098 3,098 $220,000 $215,000 10/29/2010 124

680 Rembrandt CT 4,4,2 1986 3,076 3,152 $224,000 $224,000 10/29/2010 60

220 Holbrook ST 4,4,2 1993 2,515 2,546 $229,900 $227,500 10/18/2010 171

16215 Palace Creek DR 4,3,2 2002 2,550 2,616 $239,900 $230,000 10/29/2010 111

15628 Dawson Creek 3,3,3 2000 1,603 2,288 $240,000 $230,000 10/18/2010 157

15730 James Gate PL 3,3,3 2004 2,206 3,728 $249,000 $240,000 10/04/2010 172

15667 Paiute CR 3,3,2 2006 2,206 3,728 $249,900 $240,000 10/28/2010 199

15845 Park AV 4,3,2 2003 3,168 3,302 $250,000 $250,000 10/19/2010 75

4185 Spaatz RD 4,3,2 1983 4,067 4,197 $272,900 $268,000 10/27/2010 33

1245 Lone Scout Lkt 3,3,2 1992 3,079 3,212 $299,900 $290,000 10/21/2010 70

5555 E County Line RD 7,4,0 1899 4,017 4,381 $299,900 $290,000 10/05/2010 345

18220 Red Clover LN 5,3,3 1985 3,440 3,440 $304,900 $296,000 10/08/2010 13

230 Lost Creek WY 3,3,3 1992 2,502 3,832 $309,000 $300,000 10/29/2010 95

20341 High Pines DR 4,3,2 2004 3,280 3,416 $319,000 $290,000 10/20/2010 133

1420 Catamaran LN 4,3,2 1984 2,496 2,496 $324,900 $315,500 10/15/2010 142

49 Walnut AV 3,3,2 2005 1,838 2,308 $325,000 $300,000 10/07/2010 118

17955 Minglewood TR 6,4,3 1997 4,335 4,426 $350,000 $400,000 10/28/2010 172

20070 E Elk Creek DR 4,3,2 1995 2,376 2,376 $369,000 $359,000 10/21/2010 119

18325 Bakers Farm RD 4,3,2 2004 2,688 4,034 $370,000 $345,000 10/04/2010 64

861 Caribou CR 4,4,3 1993 3,752 4,056 $389,900 $370,000 10/19/2010 115

125 Saddlehorn TR 4,4,2 1991 3,621 3,632 $397,500 $396,000 10/29/2010 239

1205 Deer Creek RD 4,3,2 1963 2,970 3,016 $399,000 $389,000 10/19/2010 52

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18620 Arrowwood DR 5,4,3 1986 4,080 4,080 $399,900 $399,900 10/22/2010 90

566 Larimer Creek DR 5,5,3 2005 3,670 3,711 $400,000 $397,000 10/22/2010 114

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16569 Curled Oak 5,5,3 2005 4,795 4,960 $549,000 $530,000 10/29/2010 68

925 Shadow Mtn 4,3,3 2009 3,730 3,842 $550,000 $520,000 10/29/2010 214

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• On Nov. 27, 1703, an unusual storm sys-tem fi nally dissipates over England after wreaking havoc on the country for nearly two weeks. Featuring hurricane strength winds, the storm killed somewhere be-tween 10,000 and 30,000 people and sank hundreds of Royal Navy ships.

• On Nov. 22, 1783, John Hanson, the fi rst president of the Continental Congress un-der the Articles of Confederation, dies in his home state of Maryland. Hanson is sometimes called the fi rst president of the United States, but this is a misnomer, since the presidency did not exist until 1789.

• On Nov. 28, 1925, the Grand Ole Opry, one of the longest-lived and most popular showcases for Country Western music, begins broadcasting live from Nashville, Tennessee. The showcase was originally named the Barn Dance, after a Chicago radio program called the National Barn Dance.

• On Nov. 26, 1931, the fi rst cloverleaf in-terchange to be built in the United States, at

the junction of US 1/9 and NJ Route 35 in Woodbridge, N.J., is featured on the cover of the Engineering News-Record. A piece on the under-construction Hoover Dam was relegated to the journal’s back pages.

• On Nov. 24, 1944, 111 U.S. B-29 Super-fortress bombers raid Tokyo for the fi rst time since 1942. Their target: the Nakajima aircraft engine works. Despite the barrage of bombs that were dropped, fewer than 50 hit the main target, doing little damage.

• On Nov. 23, 1966, Elvis Presley’s 22nd fi lm, a rock ‘n’ roll musical called “Spin-out” in which Elvis played a singing race car driver, opens in theaters across the country. “Spinout” was fi lmed on location at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and the Ascot Motor Car Racing Ground, a well-known dirt track nearby.

• On Nov. 25, 1980, Sugar Ray Leonard re-gains boxing’s welterweight title when his opponent, reigning champ Roberto Duran, waves his arms and walks away from the fi ght in the eighth round, telling the referee “No mas, no mas” (“No more”). Duran maintained that he had stomach cramps and could barely stand up.

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MOMS Club Holiday ExtravaganzaSaturday, Dec. 4 - 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.Gym at St. Peter Catholic School

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2nd Annual Gleneagle Festival of Lights Hay RideSaturday, Dec. 11th 5PM - 8PM

Gleneagle Golf Club 345 Mission Hill Way 488-0900Sponsored by Gleneagle Golf Club, Gleneagle Women’s Club, Boy Scout Troop 194, Gleneagle Civic Association & Gleneagle Sertoma. All homes bordering the golf course have been asked to decorate, if needed with the help of Troop 194, the backs of their homes. On Dec. 11th we will take folks around on trailers fi lled with hay to see the beauty. (weather permitting) Last year was just beautiful, almost magical with music & lights. There will be a light chili supper in the club house, the bar will be open for drinks, coffee & hot chocolate and Gleneagle Women’s Club will donate dozens & dozens of baked cookies to the event. Santa will be roaming around for those who may want to talk a min-ute.

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May drew on the story “The Ugly Duckling” and also on his own back-ground (he was often taunted as a child for being shy, small and frail) to create the story of the misfi t reindeer. Several names were considered, in-cluding Rollo (too cheerful) and Regi-nald (too British), before May settled on Rudolph as his reindeer’s name. Concerns about Rudolph’s red nose (an image associated with drunkards) also were overcome.

Written as a poem in the meter of “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” May tested the story on his 4-year old daughter Barbara, who loved it.

At about the same time that May was creating Rudolph, his wife died, leav-ing him deeply in debt with medical bills. However, he was able to per-suade Montgomery Ward’s corporate president, Sewell Avery, to turn the

copyright over to him in January 1947, ensuring May’s fi nancial security. He quit his copywriting job in 1951 but would lat-er return to Montgomery Ward, where he worked until his retirement in 1971. May died in 1976.

“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” was printed commercially in 1947, and in 1948 a nine-minute cartoon of the story was shown in theaters. When May’s brother-in-law, songwriter Johnny Marks, wrote the lyr-ics and melody for the song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” the Rudolph phe-nomenon was born. The song was recorded by Gene Autry in 1949 and shot to No. 1 on the charts, selling 2 million copies that year. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” would go on to become one of the best-selling Christmas songs of all time, second only to Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas.”

May’s story of Rudolph differed from the one we know today, made famous by John-ny Marks’ song and the 1964 television spe-cial narrated by Burl Ives. In the original story, Rudolph was not related to Santa’s reindeer and did not live at the North Pole, but in an ordinary reindeer village. He was well-adjusted and not regarded by his par-ents as a shameful embarrassment. He was discovered when Santa noticed a red glow coming from Rudolph’s room as he deliv-ered presents to Rudolph’s house. Worried that a thickening fog would keep him from completing his Christmas Eve rounds, Santa tapped Rudolph to lead his reindeer team.

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• A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard.

• “Hot cockles” was a popular game at Christmas in medieval times. It was a game in which the other players took turns striking the blindfolded player, who had to guess the name of the per-son delivering each blow. “Hot cockles” was still a Christmas pastime until the Victorian era.

• A boar’s head is a traditional Christ-mas dish. According to a popular story, the unlucky boar whose head began the custom in the Middle Ages was killed by choking to death on a book of Greek philosophy. The story claims that a university student saved himself from a charging boar by ramming a book of Aristotle’s writings down its throat. He then cut off the boar’s head and brought it back to his college.

• At lavish Christmas feasts in the Middle Ages, swans and peacocks were sometimes served “endored.” This meant the flesh was painted with saffron dissolved in melted butter. In addition to their painted flesh, endored birds were served wrapped in their own skin and feathers, which had been removed and set aside prior to roasting.

• According to historical accounts, the first Christmas in the Philippines was celebrated 200 years before Ferdinand Magellan discovered the country for the western world, likely between the years 1280 and 1320 AD.

• In 1647, the English parliament passed a law that made Christmas illegal. Fes-tivities were banned by Puritan leader, Oliver Cromwell, who considered feast-ing and revelry, on what was supposed to be a holy day, to be immoral. The ban was lifted only when the Puritans lost power in 1660.

• Christmas was once a moveable feast celebrated at many different times dur-ing the year. The choice of December

25, was made by Pope Julius I, in the 4th century A.D., because this coincided with the pagan rituals of Winter Solstice, or Return of the Sun. The intent was to replace the pagan celebration with the Christian one.

• During the ancient 12-day Christmas celebration, the log burned was called the “Yule log.” Sometimes a piece of the Yule log would be kept to kindle the fire the following winter, to ensure that the good luck carried on from year to year. The Yule log custom was handed down from the Druids.

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• According to a 1997 Gallup poll, 29 percent of Americans found the Christ-mas holidays more stressful than enjoy-able. Those with the lowest incomes were most likely to find the season stressful, perhaps reflecting their inability to par-ticipate fully in the commercial, gift-giv-ing aspects of the holiday.

• According to Gale Research, the av-erage American household wraps 30 Christmas gifts each year.

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• “The Nutcracker” is the name for the ballet performed around Christmas time each year. “The Nutcracker Suite” is the title of the music Tchaikovsky wrote.

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• After A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens wrote several other Christmas stories, one each year, but none was as successful as the original.

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ANSWER: Having faced an event that threatened life or caused serious injury is the basis for post-traumatic stress disorder. The event keeps resurfacing in the mind with a clarity that imparts terror and helplessness, and sometimes guilt. The remembrance can happen during the day or in dreams.An affected person stays in the alert mode at all times. He or she loses interest in life, ne-glects those around him or her, suffers from fragmented sleep, often erupts in outbursts of anger and is usually quite depressed. Sol-diers, fi remen, policemen and those who suf-fered a sexual or physical attack are people who most often develop PTSD. With the combination of talk treatment and medicines, these people can usually regain their equilib-rium and resume a normal life.

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THANKSGIVING!Most people eat more at Thanksgiving dinner than

they consume in a normal day, and then continue overeating at year-end. So it helps to have a plan

in place to avoid any holiday gobbling that you might pay for later.Turkey, yams, mashed potatoes, green beans and cranberry sauce are all nutritious, so long as lots of salt, sugar and but-ter haven’t been added to them, says Kathleen Duran-Thal, director of nutrition at Cooper Wellness Center in Dallas.An earlier study by researchers at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases found that Americans usually gain only one pound during the winter holidays, but the weight put on then isn’t shed in the new year.Those fi ndings contradict many people’s views that they gain fi ve to 10 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Researchers said the effects of weight gain at year-end, however, are worth worrying about because they contribute to increased weight over time.Keeping weight stable in the fall and winter may help pre-vent age-related weight gain and associated diseases, says Dr. Riva Rahl, medical director at Cooper Wellness. In addi-tion to not looking or feeling top-notch, adults with excess weight are at greater risk of heart disease, high blood pres-sure, diabetes and certain cancers, she says.Cooper Wellness experts say to go ahead and enjoy your favorite Thanksgiving foods, but consider making healthy choices at your turkey dinner. They offer some tips for keep-ing you from fi ddling with your belt at the end of the meal.1. First of all, don’t arrive at a Thanksgiving dinner hungry. Eat a good breakfast, and maybe even lunch that day.2. Fill half your plate with vegetables, one quarter of it with lean meat, and one quarter with starches like mashed potatoes and tur-key dressing.3. Choose white-meat turkey and avoid eat-ing the skin. 4. Void gravy. Turkey doesn’t need to be smothered in gravy to taste good. If you want gravy, just drip a little on your meat and po-tatoes.5. Limit yourself to small helpings of heavily sweetened yams and cranberry sauces.6. Use restraint when dinner rolls are passed around. Buttered rolls may melt in your mouth, but they’re full of calories, so eat only one.7. Try sampling in moderation the many foods that you have looked forward to. And consider bringing something healthy to the dinner, like a side dish that’s low in fat, sugar and salt.8. Eat slowly. By eating Thanksgiving din-ner slowly, your body has time to register when it is full so that you don’t consume too much. 9. At dessert time, try to choose the lightest options. Pick pumpkin over pecan pie, for example, and avoid 200 calories in the pro-cess. Or just eat half a piece of pie, and pass on whipped toppings and ice cream. As din-ner winds down over coffee, avoid any plates of additional sweets that may be sitting on

the table.10. After Thanksgiving dinner, take a walk with your friends or family. Fifteen minutes of walking will get your blood circulating and can burn off 100 calories, says Susie Kania, exercise physiologist at Cooper Wellness. The fresh air will invigorate you after a long stay at the table.(Information courtesy of Cooper Wellness, www.cooper-wellness.com)

LIGHT SWEET POTATO PUDDING

Agave syrup is a natural sweetener that doesn’t raise your blood glucose levels. This is a great dessert for everyone, but is particular good for diabetics.

1 1/3 cups mashed, cooked sweet potato1/2 cup agave syrup2 teaspoons ground cinnamon2 teaspoons grated orange zest1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground ginger1/2 teaspoon ground cloves1/3 cup egg substitute16 ounces evaporated skim milk1/2 cup light whipped topping, optional1/2 cup chopped, toasted walnuts, optionalCooking spray

1. Preheat oven to 375 F.2. In a large bowl, combine sweet potato, syrup, cinnamon, orange zest, salt, ginger, cloves, egg substitute and milk. Beat at medium speed with a mixer until smooth. Add milk; mix well. 3. Pour mixture into a 2-quart casserole coated with cook-ing spray. Bake at 375 F for 1 hour or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. (For individual servings, pour 2/3 cup potato mixture into each of 4 custard cups. Bake at 375 F for 40 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.)4. Let pudding cool. Cover and chill for 2 hours. Serve with a tablespoon of whipped topping and sprinkle with

walnuts, if desired. Makes 4 servings (2/3 cup per serving, 88 calories).

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Angela Shelf Medearis is an award-winning children’s au-thor, culinary historian and the author of six cookbooks. Her latest cookbook is “The New African-American Kitchen.” She is known as The Kitchen Diva and is the executive pro-ducer and host of “The Kitchen Diva!” cooking show on Hulu.com. Visit her Web site at www.divapro.com.

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Trivia Test ByMarge Svenson Sports Quiz By

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1. GEMSTONES: What color is lapis la-zuli?

2. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Pennines mountain range located?

3. SCIENCE: The order Hymenoptera would encompass what types of in-sects?

4. RELIGION: Who founded the Christian Science Church?

5. FAMOUS PERSONALITIES: William H. Bonney was better known by what name?

6. HUMAN ANATOMY: Where is the mi-tral valve located?

7. LANGUAGE: In the United States, what is a more common term for “con-scription”?

8. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What was the original function of the schipperke, a Bel-gian dog breed?

9. U.S. STATES: What is the capital of Michigan?

10. HISTORY: In English history, which monarch did Cavaliers support?

1. In 2009, New York Yankees became the third A.L. team in the decade to have seven players hit 20 or more home runs in the same season. Name either of the previous two teams to do it.2. When Hideki Matsui had six RBIs in a World Series game for the New York Yan-kees in 2009, whose record did he tie?3. Who holds the NCAA Division I record for most rushing touchdowns by a quar-terback in a season?4. In 2009, Orlando’s Dwight Howard became the youngest person to win the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award at 23 years, 4 months. Who had been the youngest?5. Who is the only NHL player to be in the Stanley Cup fi nals three consecutive years (2008-10) with a different team each time?6. Kyle Busch set a NASCAR record in 2010 for most wins in a season in the Nationwide Series. Who had held the for-mer mark with Busch at 10?7. In 2010, tennis player Rafael Nadal won his 18th ATP World Tour Masters 100 tournament title. Whose record did he break?

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SNIPPETZ® PUZZLES AND TRIVIA

1. What was Hullabaloo?

2. The Village People were threatened with a lawsuit over which song?

3. Who sang “Bobby’s Girl,” and when?

4. Name the Beatles’ last U.S. No. 1 hit single.

5. Were The Thompson Twins related?

6. What year did Madonna go on The Virgin Tour?

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Austin and Randy Couture. The dialogue is corny, the explosions (and the pecs!) are huge, and the plot is irrelevant. Just pop some corn, crack open a brew, sit back and watch stuff blow up real good.

“Beauty and the Beast” (Two-Disc Dia-mond Edition) (G) -- Disney’s classic tale of a bookish young woman who tames the heart of a gloomy prince and teaches him to love again has been digitally restored with enhanced picture and sound. The two-disc set includes three versions of the movie: the original theatrical version, the special extended edition, and the original storyboard version. Among the many spe-cial features is a sing-along mode, so you can chime in along with the fi lm.

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Answers & Solutions

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

TRIVIA TEST ANSWERS

SPORTS QUIZ ANSWERS

FLASH BACK ANSWERS1. “Hullabaloo” was a weekly musical variety show on primetime TV that showcased the leading pop acts of the mid 1960s, including Petula Clark, Herman’s Hermits and Sonny and Cher. The show included dancers, one of them a go-go dancer in a cage.2. “YMCA.” The Young Men’s Christian Association ob-jected to the use of its name, but eventually dropped the threat. “YMCA” is often used as a between-innings crowd pleaser at sports venues.3. Marcie Blane, in 1962. It reached No. 3 on the Hot 100 Billboard chart.4. “The Long and Winding Road,” in 1970. Paul McCa-rtney was angry at all the changes made to the song by producer Phil Spector, and the group announced its breakup the following week. 5. No, and for much of the group’s career, they weren’t even twins. There were four members when they started in 1977.6. 1985. Merchandisers cashed in, especially with the creation of the “Boy Toy” belt buckle.

1. Blue2. Northern England and southern Scotland

3. Bees, wasps and ants4. Mary Baker Eddy

5. Billy the Kid6. The heart

7. The draft, a requirement that people of certain age serve in the military.

8. Barge watchdogs9. Lansing

10. King Charles I in the English Civil War

1. The 2000 Toronto Blue Jays and 2005 Texas Rang-ers.2. Bobby Richardson of the New York Yankees, in 1960.3. Ricky Dobbs of Navy had 27 in 2009.4. San Antonio’s Alvin Robertson was 23 years, 9 months old when he won it in 1986.5. Marian Hossa (Pittsburgh, 2008; Detroit, 2009; Chi-cago, 2010).6. Sam Ard, in 1983.7. Andre Agassi had 17 victories in Masters events.

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This year, instead of jumping into the whole holiday prep scene, move in a little at a time. You’ll appreciate the sense of control you’re more likely to enjoy.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) The separation between the Bovine’s head and heart is never as far apart as it seems. Both senses work best when they come out of logic and honesty.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The best way to keep those pre-holiday pres-sures under control is to just say no to taking on new tasks while you’re still trying to work with a heap of others.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) News means a change might be on its way, but what does it hold? Don’t just ask questions; make sure you get answers you can trust.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Old friends and new have one thing in common: Both your longtime and newly minted pals have much wisdom to impart.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) With time running out, this is a good time for you to show ‘em all what those Virgo super-organizational skills can do.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Librans and holidays are made for each other, especially if children and ani-mals are going to be part of your joy-ous season.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Time is getting too short to allow a spat to taint the holiday season. Restart your relationship and reschedule holi-day fun times.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to De-cember 21) Seeking advice is laudable. You might learn far more than you thought you could. Stay with it.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to Janu-ary 19) Continuing to assess changes works toward your getting your new project up and ready. Trusted col-leagues remain ready to help.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) That new situation needs a lot of at-tention, but it’s worth it. This is a very good time for you to involve the arts in what you do.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) It might be a good idea to slow your hec-tic holiday pace so that you don’t rush past what -- or who -- you’re hoping to rush toward.

BORN THIS WEEK: Others pick up on your confi dence in yourself, which inspires others to believe in you and your special gifts.

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groups that provide your community with valuable services. And now may be a good time to consider supporting these groups because, if you contribute before the year is over, you may “do well by doing good” through valuable tax deductions.

To illustrate the benefi t of these deduc-tions, let’s assume you’re in the 25% tax bracket. If you give $100 to a quali-fi ed charity, you can deduct $100 (with a tax benefi t of $25) when you fi le your taxes. Consequently, the real cost of your donation is just $75 ($100 minus the $25 tax savings).

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You must contribute to a qualifi ed charitable group. For your gift to be deductible, it must go to a qualifi ed tax-exempt organization — either a religious group or a group that has re-ceived 501(c)(3) status from the IRS. If you’re unsure if the group you want to support is tax-exempt, just ask.

You must itemize. To claim a chari-table deduction, you must itemize de-ductions on your taxes.

Thus far, we’ve talked only about cash

gifts. But you may have other fi nan-cial assets, such as stocks, that you can give to charitable groups, and these gifts also can earn you tax benefi ts. For example, suppose you give $500 worth of stock in XYZ Company to a charitable group. If you’re in the 25% tax bracket, you can deduct $125 when you fi le your taxes for 2010. But by do-nating the XYZ stock, you avoid pay-ing any capital gains taxes you might have incurred if you had sold the stock yourself.

Making charitable gifts now may help you reduce the size of your estate and potentially lower any future estate tax burden on your heirs. Right now, federal estate tax laws are in fl ux, but it’s pos-sible that, one day, your estate might be large enough to generate estate taxes. If you wanted to formalize your chari-table gifts and help your estate plan-ning, you might consider establishing a charitable remainder trust. Under such an arrangement, you’d place some as-sets, such as stocks or real estate, in a trust, which could then use these assets to pay you a lifetime income stream. When you establish the trust, you may be able to receive a tax deduction based on the charitable group’s “remainder interest” — the amount the charity is likely to ultimately receive. (This fi g-ure is determined by an IRS formula.) Upon your death, the trust would re-linquish the remaining assets to the charitable organization you’ve named. Keep in mind, though, that this type of trust can be complex. To establish one, you’ll need to work with your tax and legal advisors.

In any case, be generous during this season of giving. You’ll be helping a charitable group accomplish its worthy goals — and you may be helping your-self when tax time arrives.

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If you are sued by someone you have only 20 days, after you are served with the Summons and a copy of the Com-plaint, to enter an appearance in the case by fi ling either your Answer or a Motion to Dismiss. When sued, some people freak out and miss that deadline by hoping it will all go away if they ignore the fact that they have been served. Other people (believe it or not) simply do not take it seriously, and deliberately ignore the lawsuit. And yet other people believe they can’t afford to hire an attorney to deal with the lawsuit, but can’t deal with it them-selves either.

So what happens if you simply ignore the fact that you have been served, and there is a lawsuit against you? If you miss the deadline for fi ling your Answer (or a Motion to Dismiss), and if you have not entered an appearance or fi led any other pleading in the case, the person suing you can fi le a Motion for Clerk’s En-try of Default. Because you haven’t entered an appearance in the case, the person suing you is not required to serve a copy of that Motion upon you – you won’t even know it has been fi led. The Clerk of the Court then simply checks to see if you fi led anything and, if you haven’t, the Clerk enters a default against you. That’s all folks!

The person suing you can also, or instead, fi le a Motion for a Default Judgment against you, for your failure to respond to the lawsuit. This Motion goes before the judge assigned to your case and, again, if you have not made an appearance in the case

you are not required to be served with a copy. Again, you won’t even know it has been fi led. The judge will enter a default judg-ment against you. Again, that’s all folks!

Make no mistake – a default judgment is a binding judgment; it is no different in its effect upon you than is a judg-ment entered by the court after a full-blown trial on the merits. That judgment gets reported to all the credit bureaus that very day, and has a bad impact on your credit score. If unpaid by you, that judgment will follow you to the day you die.

Even if you can’t afford an attorney, ANSWER THE COMPLAINT! There are forms available on the Colorado State Judicial Branch website, as well as other websites. Offi ce sup-ply stores sometimes sell some legal forms. And the downtown branch of the Pikes Peak Library District has a substantial law library (paid for by your friendly neighborhood attorneys who are members of the El Paso County Bar Association). There are quite a few form books and other legal resources to assist you in answering the lawsuit. You may feel you can’t win if you can’t afford an attorney, but you DEFINITELY can’t win if you don’t defend yourself.

Can you do anything if a default judgment already has been entered against you? Yes, but you are unlikely to be success-ful. You can fi le a motion for relief from judgment, requesting that the default judgment be set aside, and the case reopened for litigation, but unless you have a really good reason for ignoring

the lawsuit the motion probably won’t be granted. And, the time frame for doing this is fairly short (within six months after the judgment has been entered).

Respond to the Summons! Demonstrating that you are going to fi ght the Complaint may encourage the person suing you to offer a settlement. They may even go away, if they think they are going to have to spend too much time and money suing you because you are responding. You are no longer such low-hanging fruit. Collection agencies, in particular, count on most people not responding to their suits.

While I do not at all recommend that a non-attorney attempt to defend a lawsuit on their own – unless it is in small claims court – doing so is better than not putting up a defense at all.

This article is intended for general informational pur-poses only, and does not constitute the proffer of legal advice. Please consult your legal advisor regarding your situation.

For additional information contact,Lisa Welch Stevens, Attorney at Law P.C.

Representing Colorado Businessesand Business Owners

719.488.9395

THE SHAFER GROUP REPORT50 GREAT MARKETING IDEAS

FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS... Part 5

Small business owners can easily get too involved in the day-to-day opera-tions of their business to spend any

time brainstorming marketing ideas or pro-motional events. Some retailers worry that marketing is too expensive while others may fi nd it too time consuming. Without announc-ing who you are and what you sell, how will anyone know?

To help you through these marketing dilem-mas, following is the fi fth and fi nal install-ment of our series of 50 inexpensive, easy to implement, marketing ideas for your small business.

Marketing Idea #41 Have a Yellow Pages ad listed under your main industry and in related categories.

Marketing Idea #42 Volunteer your time to a charity or non-profi t organization.

Marketing Idea #43 Create a loyalty pro-gram to reward existing customers.

Marketing Idea #44 Create an opt-in email or print newsletter for your customers. Fill each edition with specials, tips and other timely information.

Marketing Idea #45 Send hand-written thank you notes to important customers every

chance you get.

Marketing Idea #46 Use brightly colored envelopes and unique stationary when send-ing direct mail pieces.

Marketing Idea #47 Show product demos or related videos on a television on the sales fl oors during store hours.

Marketing Idea #48 Book a celebrity guest for an event at your store. Use people in your industry or television news anchors or local authors.

Marketing Idea #49 Create window dis-plays in locations away from your shop. Air-ports, hospitals, and large offi ce buildings occasionally have display areas they rent to local businesses.

Marketing Idea #50 Team up with a non-competing business in your area to offer a package promotion.

Marketing is most effective if done in coor-dination with other exposure. Enhance the above efforts by making sure you are getting traffi c to your website by utilizing the ser-vices of a reputable SEO company and using Social Media sources like Facebook, Linked In and Twitter.

Remember to tailor each event for your tar-get audience. If your message isn’t being de-livered to the right target audience, with the right message, your efforts and hard earned dollars are probably being wasted.

To Your Success!For more details, you can contact

Martin Barretta with The Shafer Group at(719) 487-1200 ext. 26

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